As I was growing up I always looked at my friends and wished I was just half there size. I would hate shopping with them because as soon as we would enter a department store they would go one way and I would go another. Year after year I would think hey, I play sports...I'm active, I'll lose weight eventually. 10 years later...I still had that same mentality. I mean don't get me wrong. I've tried dieting before, just never really cared to stick to it. But why is that...why do we alway tend to push a side important matters when it pertains to us? Well anyways, it finally took me looking into the mirror one day to realize what everyone else has been looking at, and as I stood there looking at myself I realized that I'm wearing this mask or better yet this costume. But the sad part about it is I've been wearing it for so long that I don't even know what I,... what the REAL me looks like. So that's why I'm here. I think it's time to peel back that mask and let me real me come out and play and the best part is that I'm finally do this for ME   .